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Category Archives: Perry
Another radioactive animal story: Contaminated goldfish at Ohio nuke
You should know by now that I can’t resist a radioctive animal story. The Cleveland Leader reported yesterday: An investigation is underway by the U.S. Nucleaer Regulatory Commission after a pair of radioactive goldfish were discovered swimming in a lemonade … Continue reading
Posted in Perry, Radioactive animals
Tagged nuclear power, Ohio, Perry, radioactive goldfish, United States
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Event Reports: Reactor scrams in Pennsylvania, New York, Texas and New Jersey; excess radiation in Minnesota, a fire in New York, a toxic gas release in Ohio and a drunken supervisor in Florida
This post is kind of lengthy, as I haven’t been able to get around to looking at Event Reports for a couple of weeks. Here’s the news: 1. Early in the morning of Friday, November 9, operators at the Susquehanna … Continue reading
Posted in Comanche Peak, Event Reports, Fire, Fitness for Duty, FitzPatrick, Monticello, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Perry, Plant shutdowns, Reactor problems, Salem, Susquehanna, Turkey Point, Vogtle
Tagged Comanche Peak, fire, FitzPatrick, Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Monticello, nuclear power, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Ohio, Pennsylvania.New York, Perry, radiation, reactor shutdown, Salem, Susquehanna, texas, Turkey Point, United States, Vogtle
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Record heat reduces nuclear output to 9-year low
Bloomberg Business Week reported yesterday: Nuclear-power production in the U.S. is at the lowest seasonal levels in nine years as drought and heat force reactors from Ohio to Vermont to slow output. Generation for the 104 plants in the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Byron, Exelon, Heat, Perry, Power reductions
Tagged heat, nuclear power, power reduction, United States
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Event Reports: A reactor scram at an Ohio nuke, and an improper door installation in Texas creates risk for hydrogen explosion
A couple of items from Friday’s NRC Event Reports page: 1. Early Thursday morning, operators at the Perry nuclear power plant in Ohio were forced to scram the facility’s only reactor when three three turbine bypass valves opened unexpectedly during … Continue reading
